Posted by | Under Birthdays!
Tuesday May 27, 2008
In the US, we celebrate birthdays in the grandest ways. We spend countless amounts of money and time planning and carrying out these special parties that last just hours.
When we give birth to a new bundle of joy we typically spend the first year so crazed that it seems only right to celebrate that special time with a big celebration of family and friends.
Because a baby’s first birthday is usually a celebration of friends and family, they tend to be a huge milestone. All those people who watched mom grow and give birth, then see how the baby grows throughout the first year now have a reason to get together to celebrate again.
Posted by | Under Family Reunions
Tuesday May 20, 2008
A family reunion might take forever to plan for and successfully pull off so you will want to make sure to capture all the memories you can.
Some people are lucky and have a photographer or videographer already in the family and they have all of their own equipment. For the rest of us, there are a couple of options available. You could hire someone or do it yourself.
Hiring a professional to record your family reunion can save a lot of time and trouble if you can afford it.
Professionals know the right cameras and lenses to use for every kind of lighting and weather condition and it can make a normal picture look amazing.
Posted by | Under Family Reunions
Tuesday May 13, 2008
Planning a family reunion is not an easy task. Many families today just aren’t as close as they were decades ago and people work more than one job quite often.
Trying to have everyone get time off of work can be impossible sometimes. You might even have to plan a year or two in advance to make sure everyone can attend.
The first thing you need to take is contacting everyone and having them help contact other family members. Maybe you don’t talk to your great uncle Bob but surely someone else in
the family does.
Posted by | Under Family Reunions
Tuesday May 6, 2008
The location for a family reunion is very important. You can hold it indoors or outdoors and on your family’s property or public property.
You need to make sure that the entire family or at least a majority agree with the location.
If half of your family are into extreme sports and the other half consider church exciting, it can be very hard to compromise and you may end up having to have everyone vote on a choice of different places.
A family home or something very memorable to everyone is always a good idea and doesn’t require reservations or permits.